Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough, the State's First Pertussis Death in 13 Years

[ananda]

8. We need more of a memory of what diseases like this were like.

My grandmother got smallpox and survived it without
scars because her doctor told her he had a special oil
which would prevent scarring, so of course it did
(placebo effect). She was lucky.

My dad got whooping cough when he was four and
survived it... but when he and my grandma described
it, I was really glad I had received the DPT vaccine.

I did get chicken pox and measles. Measles, for me,
was a nothingburger; but it gave my sister
encephalitis, which she eventually slept her way out of.

I saw what shingles did to my great aunt and both my
parents. It was horrible.

I was able to get all the shingles vaccines, thank goodness.

I really feel bad for the people who won't be able to get
vaccines that are so beneficial and life-saving, and I
guess we're in for a very hard bout of natural selection
and survival of the fittest... and it won't be pretty.